Providers at CORE Healing Professionals

Viola washburn, lpc, NCC

Serving as Clinical Director, Viola is licensed in both Oregon and Washington. She enjoys in-person and Telehealth sessions for individual, family, and group therapy.

Sheila Koenig, LPC

ERICA MORENO, LPCA

Erica is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate dedicated to helping children, youth, and young adults build growth-fostering relationships that promote healing and development.

She believes clients are the experts of their own experiences. Her goal is to create a safe, respectful, and welcoming space for deep self-exploration. Erica’s approach is rooted in Relational-Cultural Therapy and Ecopsychology, incorporating evidence-based interventions from Art/Play therapy, CBT, Mindfulness, and DBT. Her practice centers on a multicultural and social justice orientation, meaning our conversations will naturally include your cultural identities, social locations, and the broader contexts of your lived experience.

Through collaboration, Erica aims to help clients identify concerns, establish goals, and implement practical changes while honoring their inherent strengths and resilience.

CHLOE RABB, LMT #29634

Chloe has a passion for helping youth feel safe, supported, and connected through the healing power of therapeutic touch. She believes that bodywork plays an important role in promoting relaxation, regulation, and reducing stress and anxiety, while fostering a greater sense of overall well-being. She is excited to offer therapeutic massage tailored to the unique needs, comfort level, and developmental stage of children and adolescents.

Chloe values creating a trauma-informed, healing environment where clients can build body awareness, resilience, and confidence. Recognizing the paramount role that caregivers play in their child’s well-being, she strives to support healthy connections and family wellness. She is honored to be a part of this community and is dedicated to helping young clients experience the many physical and emotional benefits accompanied by therapeutic massage.

Bree Anderson, CSWA

Bree’s counseling style is eclectic, centered on building trust, meeting clients where they are, and using tailored approaches—such as CBT, DBT, Play/Art Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Family Systems, and Mindfulness—to help them reach their individualized treatment goals.

With a Bachelor’s in Child and Adolescent Development from Point Loma Nazarene University and a Master of Clinical Social Work from Simmons University, her background spans preschools, residential treatment facilities, outpatient settings, and school therapy for adolescent males. Bree has experience supporting LGBTQ individuals and clients navigating conditions like ADHD, ASD, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD/C-PTSD, BPD, PMDD, PPD, and RAD. Originally from San Diego near the Mexican border and now enjoying the Pacific Northwest, she brings both a deep passion for human relationships and authentic empathy grounded in her own life experiences as a single parent.

Ricardo Mansur, LPCA

With a broad background in disability, vocational and physical rehabilitation, Ricardo brings a diverse skill set to the crossroads of mental health and functional wellness. Utilizing a variegated tool set, his therapeutic approach blends elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Existentialist Psychotherapy through a trauma-informed lens: “You are not defined by what happens to you, but how you respond to what happens to you.”

Ricardo has a wealth of experience with neurological disorders and focuses on providing tools for accommodation and acceptance. Ricardo strives to develop a welcoming environment for members of the LGBTQIA+ community among other populations while fostering accountability and consent.

Ricardo believes that the primary focus of therapy is to allow clients the opportunity to develop skills and tools necessary to become independent, self-aware, and informed self-advocates through collaboration and psychoeducation.

MICHAEL SHIELDS, LMT #29820

Michael is dedicated to providing a safe, caring, and comfortable environment where every client feels respected and accepted. He believes that physical and emotional health are fundamentally connected and strives to reduce stress and restore balance to enhance overall health and well-being. Through compassionate massage and bodywork, Michael aims to meet each client where they are in their individual healing journey. 

Carolyn jones, lcsw

Carolyn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has 25 years of experience and a heartfelt passion for working with children and with families eager to develop pro-social skills and positive relationships. She has many years as a School Counselor as well as a private practice. She employs a variety of developmentally appropriate tools in her work with children from all backgrounds and life experiences. Her goal is to work with children to support their emotional, behavioral, social, and developmental well-being and to learn new skills to grow through challenges.

CHELSEA MELSHA, QMHA-R

Chelsea is a mental health therapist who is passionate about helping children, adolescents, and families navigate challenges, build resilience, and feel more confident in their everyday lives. With a background in psychology, behavioral support, and school-based services, she brings a compassionate, strengths-based approach to therapy.

Chelsea believes meaningful change begins with a safe, supportive relationship where clients feel heard, respected, and accepted. Her approach is collaborative and individualized, drawing from trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and evidence-based practices. She especially enjoys supporting young people with emotional regulation, anxiety, behavioral challenges, life transitions, relationships, and self-esteem.

Chelsea strives to create a welcoming space where clients can be themselves, discover their strengths, develop practical coping skills, and work toward meaningful and lasting growth.